Post AT7MbstpluXMbdhD1M by waider@octodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AT6vTr2Y6UallBid4y by ardgedee@octodon.social
2023-02-27T16:14:11Z
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(🧵​ 1/2) Is there an archive interested in DVD-r disks of (USA) regional broadcast TV? About 20 years worth.My mother is in the process of clearing out her house. One current target for removal is a large collection of DVD-R disks containing local TV broadcasts from the small rustbelt city she lives in. There are thousands of disks.Please boost if you know anybody who can take these in. Contact me if you represent an org that might be interested.
(DIR) Post #AT6vTrv8pWGEUVGEAi by ardgedee@octodon.social
2023-02-27T16:14:59Z
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(🧵​ 2/2) My father's main pastime from the early 80s through his death was recording local broadcasts. His VHS collection numbered over 5000 tapes. We couldn't find an archive that could take them -- and it turns out many of the tapes were unusable because of mold. In 2022 they were sent to landfill.Some time in the late 90s or early 00s Dad switched to DVD-R, eventually wiring up a bank of recorders to record broadcasts up until mid-to-late 2021. There are thousands of these disks, most of them have the time, date, channel and shows notated separately on paper. (I do not know how many thousand, only that it's more than 2.) We're hoping that since they're digital media and were stored better than the tapes were that they won't have to face the fate the tapes did.Again: boost if you know anybody who can take these DVD-Rs. Contact me if you represent an org that might be interested.
(DIR) Post #AT6vTsPd0AeC13WZgu by textfiles@digipres.club
2023-02-27T16:45:55Z
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@ardgedee I work for the Internet archive and I'll gladly take them.
(DIR) Post #AT7MbstpluXMbdhD1M by waider@octodon.social
2023-02-27T21:49:46Z
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@textfiles @ardgedee hah. Was just gonna suggest he get in touch with you.